Chendi Wang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4371087 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chendi Wang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chendi |
| FAMILY NAME | Wang |
| SIGNATURE | WANG C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6422-9910 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Punctuated politics
The refugee crisis of 2015–2019 exposed deep tensions within the EU's compound polity, generating episodic bursts of political conflict and contestation over policy issues. This paper, drawing on punctuated politicization, conceptualizes politicization as an episodic feedback system linking three demand-side forces, namely problem pressure, public salience, and political pressure to the politicization of policy issues inside the EU's policy proce…
Electoral mobilisation in turbulent times
This symposium examines how European parties mobilize electorally in an era of recurrent crises and rapid political transformation. Building on the updated PolDem dataset, which tracks media coverage of national election campaigns across fifteen European countries from 1972 to 2023, the symposium investigates how issue salience, party positioning, and voter behaviour interact under turbulent conditions. The introduction situates the contributions…
Electoral campaign effects
Elections are not only verdicts on incumbents but also contests over the issues that parties emphasize. This paper asks whether parties’ issue-specific campaign strategies influence their electoral success, and how parties decide on those strategies. We leverage a new dataset on parties’ electoral campaign efforts in 15 European countries to examine three dimensions of campaign strategy: the salience of issues, the position they take on those iss…
A mixed-methods investigation for effects of built environments on older people’s social interaction in care homes
This study examines relationships between the built environment (BE) and social interaction (SI) among older adults in care homes. A mixed-methods design combined questionnaires ( n = 119), environmental measurements, and behavioral observations across three care homes. An integrated BE-SI model, developed using multivariate statistical analyses, identified key environmental determinants of SI. Results indicate that recreational spaces, lighting,…
Patterns of discussion on neuroticism and self-management behaviors in type 2 diabetes
Background: Self-management behaviors, including diet control, medication adherence, blood glucose monitoring, and physical activity, are crucial for type 2 diabetes management. Neuroticism, a personality trait associated with anxiety and stress sensitivity, may significantly influence these behaviors. However, a comprehensive synthesis of evidence is lacking. Objective: This scoping review aims to systematically map and synthesize how neuroticis…
Two functionalist logics of European Union polity formation under external threat
The Russian invasion of Ukraine challenged the European Union (EU) polity exceptionally, affecting many policy domains. We argue that the external threat triggers different logics of (in)security which can result in polity formation across policies. Two functionalist logics put pressure on the EU to centralize policies that (a) help it meet the geopolitical challenge set by Russia and (b) maintain unity among member states in the face of the chal…
Appeasement or solidarity? Uncovering the drivers of European public opinion on the EU’s foreign policy
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, with its implications for European security, has intensified the need to understand European public opinion on potential conflict strategies. This study delves into the formation of these opinions, focusing on utilitarian factors like economic interests and threat perception, and ideological elements such as political orientation, national identity and perceptions of Russia and Ukraine. Utilising a two-wave panel …
Division and unity
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has reshaped European politics, prompting the European Union (EU) to take indirect actions such as aiding Ukraine, accepting refugees, and imposing sanctions on Russia. This special section explores the implications of these events on European unity. Will the war highlight divisions among countries and ideological groups, as “post-functionalists” would predict? Or will the external threat, in line with the “bellici…
What happened to Putin’s friends? The radical right’s reaction to the Russian invasion on social media
The Ukrainian crisis has significantly shifted public opinion against Russia and Putin, placing politicians with prior Russian ties in a precarious situation. This paper tracks how parties that had some affinity to Putin have pivoted after the outbreak of war. Through computational text analysis of a decade of Facebook posts from 11 European radical right parties, we investigate their stance evolution towards Russia and their strategic management…
The Covid-19 lockdown paradox
Previous research has shown that positive perceptions of government performance are linked to higher levels of citizens’ support for democracy. However, the policy response to the COVID-19 crisis presented a unique paradox as relative success in preventing the virus spread depended on expanding executive powers, often at the cost of individual freedoms. Exploring this paradox, we investigate whether the link between perceptions of government perf…
Towards a greener aging society
The short-lived hope for contagion
Brexit was perceived as a Pandora’s box moment by both Eurosceptic and pro-integration parties in the EU, as they expected it would embolden Euroscepticism by providing a paradigm to be followed. This article explores the initial reactions of nine Populist Radical Right parties to Brexit and how they evolved in tandem with the unfolding of negotiations. It also discusses possible reasons for the differentiation in the responses of those parties, …
Emergency politics, mass sentiment and the EU during Covid
During crises, do emergency politics impair the EU polity by alienating Europeans? Recent literature suggests that executive decisions in hard times can spur negative European sentiment, increase polarisation in the public and thus create more problems than solutions. The Covid-19 pandemic offers an ideal opportunity to study this important issue. However, studying mass sentiment towards the EU is mostly constrained by imperfect survey data. We t…
A unified autonomous Europe? Public opinion of the EU's foreign and security policy
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has pushed the EU into a new phase where both the political elites and the public start to rethink its foreign and security policies. This paper uses a unique survey in seven European countries in the wake of the war to examine European public opinion on how the EU's foreign and security policies should be made and how autonomous they should be. We find that Europeans not only favour increasing military capacity at…
Introduction
The Effect of Austerity Packages on Government Popularity During the Great Recession
During the Great Recession, governments across the continent implemented austerity policies. A large literature claims that such policies are surprisingly popular and have few electoral costs. This article revisits this question by studying the popularity of governments during the economic crisis. The authors assemble a pooled time-series data set for monthly support for ruling parties from fifteen European countries and treat austerity packages …
A cure worse than the disease? Exploring the health-economy trade-off during Covid-19
Nationwide lockdowns implemented by governments to confront the COVID-19 pandemic came at a high economic price. The article investigates citizens’ evaluation of the trade-off between public health measures and their economic consequences. Using a vignette experiment conducted in June 2020 on 7,500 respondents in seven European countries the article tests whether perceived threats of the health and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic a…
The Effect of Austerity Packages on Government Popularity During the Great Recession
During the Great Recession, governments across the continent implemented austerity policies. A large literature claims that such policies are surprisingly popular and have few electoral costs. This article revisits this question by studying the popularity of governments during the economic crisis. The authors assemble a pooled time-series data set for monthly support for ruling parties from fifteen European countries and treat austerity packages …
A unified autonomous Europe? Public opinion of the EU's foreign and security policy
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has pushed the EU into a new phase where both the political elites and the public start to rethink its foreign and security policies. This paper uses a unique survey in seven European countries in the wake of the war to examine European public opinion on how the EU's foreign and security policies should be made and how autonomous they should be. We find that Europeans not only favour increasing military capacity at…
A cure worse than the disease? Exploring the health-economy trade-off during Covid-19
Nationwide lockdowns implemented by governments to confront the COVID-19 pandemic came at a high economic price. The article investigates citizens’ evaluation of the trade-off between public health measures and their economic consequences. Using a vignette experiment conducted in June 2020 on 7,500 respondents in seven European countries the article tests whether perceived threats of the health and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic a…
What happened to Putin’s friends? The radical right’s reaction to the Russian invasion on social media
The Ukrainian crisis has significantly shifted public opinion against Russia and Putin, placing politicians with prior Russian ties in a precarious situation. This paper tracks how parties that had some affinity to Putin have pivoted after the outbreak of war. Through computational text analysis of a decade of Facebook posts from 11 European radical right parties, we investigate their stance evolution towards Russia and their strategic management…
Appeasement or solidarity? Uncovering the drivers of European public opinion on the EU’s foreign policy
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, with its implications for European security, has intensified the need to understand European public opinion on potential conflict strategies. This study delves into the formation of these opinions, focusing on utilitarian factors like economic interests and threat perception, and ideological elements such as political orientation, national identity and perceptions of Russia and Ukraine. Utilising a two-wave panel …
The short-lived hope for contagion
Brexit was perceived as a Pandora’s box moment by both Eurosceptic and pro-integration parties in the EU, as they expected it would embolden Euroscepticism by providing a paradigm to be followed. This article explores the initial reactions of nine Populist Radical Right parties to Brexit and how they evolved in tandem with the unfolding of negotiations. It also discusses possible reasons for the differentiation in the responses of those parties, …
Two functionalist logics of European Union polity formation under external threat
The Russian invasion of Ukraine challenged the European Union (EU) polity exceptionally, affecting many policy domains. We argue that the external threat triggers different logics of (in)security which can result in polity formation across policies. Two functionalist logics put pressure on the EU to centralize policies that (a) help it meet the geopolitical challenge set by Russia and (b) maintain unity among member states in the face of the chal…
Introduction
Division and unity
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has reshaped European politics, prompting the European Union (EU) to take indirect actions such as aiding Ukraine, accepting refugees, and imposing sanctions on Russia. This special section explores the implications of these events on European unity. Will the war highlight divisions among countries and ideological groups, as “post-functionalists” would predict? Or will the external threat, in line with the “bellici…
Electoral mobilisation in turbulent times
This symposium examines how European parties mobilize electorally in an era of recurrent crises and rapid political transformation. Building on the updated PolDem dataset, which tracks media coverage of national election campaigns across fifteen European countries from 1972 to 2023, the symposium investigates how issue salience, party positioning, and voter behaviour interact under turbulent conditions. The introduction situates the contributions…
Electoral campaign effects
Elections are not only verdicts on incumbents but also contests over the issues that parties emphasize. This paper asks whether parties’ issue-specific campaign strategies influence their electoral success, and how parties decide on those strategies. We leverage a new dataset on parties’ electoral campaign efforts in 15 European countries to examine three dimensions of campaign strategy: the salience of issues, the position they take on those iss…
The Covid-19 lockdown paradox
Previous research has shown that positive perceptions of government performance are linked to higher levels of citizens’ support for democracy. However, the policy response to the COVID-19 crisis presented a unique paradox as relative success in preventing the virus spread depended on expanding executive powers, often at the cost of individual freedoms. Exploring this paradox, we investigate whether the link between perceptions of government perf…
Emergency politics, mass sentiment and the EU during Covid
During crises, do emergency politics impair the EU polity by alienating Europeans? Recent literature suggests that executive decisions in hard times can spur negative European sentiment, increase polarisation in the public and thus create more problems than solutions. The Covid-19 pandemic offers an ideal opportunity to study this important issue. However, studying mass sentiment towards the EU is mostly constrained by imperfect survey data. We t…
A cure worse than the disease? Exploring the health-economy trade-off during Covid-19
Nationwide lockdowns implemented by governments to confront the COVID-19 pandemic came at a high economic price. The article investigates citizens’ evaluation of the trade-off between public health measures and their economic consequences. Using a vignette experiment conducted in June 2020 on 7,500 respondents in seven European countries the article tests whether perceived threats of the health and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic a…
The Effect of Austerity Packages on Government Popularity During the Great Recession
During the Great Recession, governments across the continent implemented austerity policies. A large literature claims that such policies are surprisingly popular and have few electoral costs. This article revisits this question by studying the popularity of governments during the economic crisis. The authors assemble a pooled time-series data set for monthly support for ruling parties from fifteen European countries and treat austerity packages …
Emergency politics, mass sentiment and the EU during Covid
During crises, do emergency politics impair the EU polity by alienating Europeans? Recent literature suggests that executive decisions in hard times can spur negative European sentiment, increase polarisation in the public and thus create more problems than solutions. The Covid-19 pandemic offers an ideal opportunity to study this important issue. However, studying mass sentiment towards the EU is mostly constrained by imperfect survey data. We t…
A unified autonomous Europe? Public opinion of the EU's foreign and security policy
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has pushed the EU into a new phase where both the political elites and the public start to rethink its foreign and security policies. This paper uses a unique survey in seven European countries in the wake of the war to examine European public opinion on how the EU's foreign and security policies should be made and how autonomous they should be. We find that Europeans not only favour increasing military capacity at…
Introduction
Towards a greener aging society
The short-lived hope for contagion
Brexit was perceived as a Pandora’s box moment by both Eurosceptic and pro-integration parties in the EU, as they expected it would embolden Euroscepticism by providing a paradigm to be followed. This article explores the initial reactions of nine Populist Radical Right parties to Brexit and how they evolved in tandem with the unfolding of negotiations. It also discusses possible reasons for the differentiation in the responses of those parties, …
A mixed-methods investigation for effects of built environments on older people’s social interaction in care homes
This study examines relationships between the built environment (BE) and social interaction (SI) among older adults in care homes. A mixed-methods design combined questionnaires ( n = 119), environmental measurements, and behavioral observations across three care homes. An integrated BE-SI model, developed using multivariate statistical analyses, identified key environmental determinants of SI. Results indicate that recreational spaces, lighting,…
Patterns of discussion on neuroticism and self-management behaviors in type 2 diabetes
Background: Self-management behaviors, including diet control, medication adherence, blood glucose monitoring, and physical activity, are crucial for type 2 diabetes management. Neuroticism, a personality trait associated with anxiety and stress sensitivity, may significantly influence these behaviors. However, a comprehensive synthesis of evidence is lacking. Objective: This scoping review aims to systematically map and synthesize how neuroticis…
Two functionalist logics of European Union polity formation under external threat
The Russian invasion of Ukraine challenged the European Union (EU) polity exceptionally, affecting many policy domains. We argue that the external threat triggers different logics of (in)security which can result in polity formation across policies. Two functionalist logics put pressure on the EU to centralize policies that (a) help it meet the geopolitical challenge set by Russia and (b) maintain unity among member states in the face of the chal…
Appeasement or solidarity? Uncovering the drivers of European public opinion on the EU’s foreign policy
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, with its implications for European security, has intensified the need to understand European public opinion on potential conflict strategies. This study delves into the formation of these opinions, focusing on utilitarian factors like economic interests and threat perception, and ideological elements such as political orientation, national identity and perceptions of Russia and Ukraine. Utilising a two-wave panel …
Division and unity
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has reshaped European politics, prompting the European Union (EU) to take indirect actions such as aiding Ukraine, accepting refugees, and imposing sanctions on Russia. This special section explores the implications of these events on European unity. Will the war highlight divisions among countries and ideological groups, as “post-functionalists” would predict? Or will the external threat, in line with the “bellici…
What happened to Putin’s friends? The radical right’s reaction to the Russian invasion on social media
The Ukrainian crisis has significantly shifted public opinion against Russia and Putin, placing politicians with prior Russian ties in a precarious situation. This paper tracks how parties that had some affinity to Putin have pivoted after the outbreak of war. Through computational text analysis of a decade of Facebook posts from 11 European radical right parties, we investigate their stance evolution towards Russia and their strategic management…
The Covid-19 lockdown paradox
Previous research has shown that positive perceptions of government performance are linked to higher levels of citizens’ support for democracy. However, the policy response to the COVID-19 crisis presented a unique paradox as relative success in preventing the virus spread depended on expanding executive powers, often at the cost of individual freedoms. Exploring this paradox, we investigate whether the link between perceptions of government perf…
Punctuated politics
The refugee crisis of 2015–2019 exposed deep tensions within the EU's compound polity, generating episodic bursts of political conflict and contestation over policy issues. This paper, drawing on punctuated politicization, conceptualizes politicization as an episodic feedback system linking three demand-side forces, namely problem pressure, public salience, and political pressure to the politicization of policy issues inside the EU's policy proce…
Electoral mobilisation in turbulent times
This symposium examines how European parties mobilize electorally in an era of recurrent crises and rapid political transformation. Building on the updated PolDem dataset, which tracks media coverage of national election campaigns across fifteen European countries from 1972 to 2023, the symposium investigates how issue salience, party positioning, and voter behaviour interact under turbulent conditions. The introduction situates the contributions…
Electoral campaign effects
Elections are not only verdicts on incumbents but also contests over the issues that parties emphasize. This paper asks whether parties’ issue-specific campaign strategies influence their electoral success, and how parties decide on those strategies. We leverage a new dataset on parties’ electoral campaign efforts in 15 European countries to examine three dimensions of campaign strategy: the salience of issues, the position they take on those iss…
Politics (14 works) · Economics (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Political economy (9 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (6 works)